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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If they're going to try to compete with Bitwarden they could at least offer 2FA for free instead of paywalling it as a feature. It was disappointing when Bitwarden did it, and it's even more disappointing with Proton - it's like failing an open book test.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I tried it and its pretty cool and polished, but Bitwarden is WAY better in every poseible way.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m all for open source alternatives to bitwarden but this is non competitive with a mandatory subscription fee. Bitwarden is completely free for most users.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I thought the same thing but it actually does have a limited free plan. Seems like, similar to BW, it restricts 2FA behind the pass, but also with the pass you get unlimited hide-my-email aliases, multiple vaults to organize in (I don't know what this means), and eventually autofill credit cards.

This is quite a bit more expensive than BW's paid plan though. Not sure what all differences it has to BW otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] mysecondaccount150 2 points 2 years ago

2FA through your password manager is not 2FA.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Th email protection is nice, but my one of my mails is already full of spam, so I don't care any more and just use that when I don't trust..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I don't think using the same credentials for an email service and a password manager is a good idea, regardless of how much I like Proton and what they stand for.

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